Beginnings and Endings: A Cosmic Connection

So, what’s more important in a picture book?

A beginning that hooks your reader?
Or, an ending that leaves them feeling satisfied?

The short answer is both! While each of these elements has a very important role in your story, what is equally vital is how they work together.

Enter Emma Walton Hamilton and Julie Hedlund and their 2022 Picture Book Summit Workshop:

From Lift-Off to Landing:

The Cosmic Connection Between the Beginnings and Endings of Picture Books

You’ve seen presentations about great picture book beginnings. You’ve seen them about effective endings. But a truly great picture book relies on the connection between the two. Emma Walton Hamilton and Julie Hedlund show you how to launch topflight stories and navigate them to stellar endings.

Get to know Emma:
Emma Walton Hamilton is a best-selling author, award-winning editor, stage and television producer, and writing coach. With her mother, actress/author Julie Andrews, Emma has co-authored over thirty children’s books, nine of which have been on the NY Times Bestseller list, including The Very Fairy Princess series. She teaches Children’s Literature for Stony Brook University’s Creative Writing MFA and is the co-host of the Julie’s Library Podcast. Emma’s first poetry collection, Door to Door, will be published in fall 2022, along with a new picture book co-authored with her mother, The First Notes: The Story of Do Re Mi.

Get to know Julie:
Julie Hedlund is an award-winning picture book author, co-creator of the Complete Picture Book Submissions System with Emma Walton Hamilton, and founder of the 12 x 12 Picture Book Writing Challenge, which has supported thousands of picture book writers as they get their stories out of their heads and onto the page. Her picture book credits include Over, Bear! Under Where?, My Love For You is the Sun, and A Troop is a Group of Monkeys. Her debut picture book biography, Song After Song: The Musical Life of Julie Andrews, releases in 2023.

Join Emma and Julie as they help you connect the dots between your picture book beginnings and endings. Get takeaways you can immediately apply to your manuscripts at…

The Write Stuff:

Creating Picture Books That Are Out of This World

October 8, 2022

Reserve your spot today before our special Early Bird pricing expires 8/31/22.